Basic and New State Pension payments will increase this year by 10.1 per cent for some 12.5million older people across the UK, including 992,052 living in Scotland.
The honouring of the Triple Lock rule was confirmed last month by the UK Government and means that older people are set for an income boost of up to £75 per month from April.
Of the overall UK total number of people claiming State Pensions, there are 10.1million currently receiving Basic State Pension payments of up to £141.85 per week, compared to 2.4million getting New State Pension payments, which are worth up to £185.15 each week.
Worryingly, there are over 1.9million people receiving less than £100 per week in State Pension payments and just under 1.5million of these are women.
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